American Petroleum Institute Photograph and Film Collection
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American Petroleum Institute.
- Dates:
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1860s-1980s
bulk 1955-1990
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45 Cubic feet (122 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0711
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection includes historic photographs, slides and films on subjects relating to all aspects of the petroleum industry, including exploration, drilling, refineries, tankers, pipelines, automobiles, trucks, aviation, refueling, buildings, coal, gasification, plants, mining, surface mining, fields, land reclamation, coastal zone management, corporate public service, educational programs, crude oil, deepwater ports, and watercraft It also documents numerous products other than gasoline produced by the petroleum industry, such as propane, lubricants, heating oil, and plastics.
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Garduno, Carlos.
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bulk 1930-1991
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0.4 Cubic feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2006.0036
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Ehis collection consists of the following items chronicling the aviation career of Colonel Carlos Garduno: En Guardia, volume 1, no. 9; ASI, August 11, 1945; newspaper articles, 1945-1991; material relating to the El Escuadron 201 reunion; Form One, February 1942 issue, April 1942 issue, and Anniversary Issue, May 1942; El Pilot, Sep.-Oct. 1930; 81...
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Smerdon, John Earl, Jr.
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bulk 1945-1963
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0.28 Cubic feet ((2 containers))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2013.0035
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
EThis collection consists of papers relating to John Earl Smerdon, Jr.'s military career including log books, pilot's licenses, photographs, correspondence, military records, and newsclippings. The log books cover the years of 1945-1963. The photographs are almost exclusively black and white and range in size from 3.5 by 2.5 inches up to 8 by 10 in...
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Considine, John E.
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bulk 1964-1969
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0.2 Cubic feet (1 slim box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2017.0046
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
John E. Considine was in the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1969 during which time he was assigned to the 71st Aerial Refueling Squadron stationed at Dow Air Force Base, Maine. During 1967 and 1968, Considine was assigned to temporary duty at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield and Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. This collection consists of 199 cardboard mounted 35mm color slides of images taken by Considine during his service with the US Air Force in and around Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand; U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand; and Dow Air Force Base, Maine; as well as images taken in flight over Laos and North Vietnam. The collection also includes some prints made from the slides as well as CDs of scans made from the slides by the donor.
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Voortmeyer, William B.
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1928
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0908
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
In 1928, Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and his crew completed the first transpacific flight in the Fokker F.VIIB-3m "Southern Cross." William B. Voortmeyer was a master maritime navigator who had developed many early aerial navigation systems, including a numerical signal code by which ships at sea were able to advise pilots of their position by hoisting numerical flags to indicate the distance to a destination. This collection consists of the 50.25 by 34 inch route map used by the crew of the Fokker F.VIIB-3m "Southern Cross" in 1928 with the route marked by William B. Voortmeyer.
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Boeing Company
- Dates:
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1952-1985
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6.75 Cubic feet (15 legal document boxes; 1 flatbox)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1986.0013
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of documentation for Boeing's postwar commercial aircraft programs.
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1961-2008
bulk 1980s-2000s
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17.6 Cubic feet (19 containers)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0034
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 17 cubic feet of papers relating to the life and career of astronaut Pamela A. Melroy.
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Amado, Jesse, 1951-
Cordova, Cary
Recuerdos Orales: Interviews of the Latino Art Community in Texas
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2004 May 31-June 7
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79 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.amado04
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Jesse Amado conducted 2004 May 31 and June 7, by Cary Cordova, for the Archives of American Art, at the artist's studio, in San Antonio, Texas.
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Scherbatskoy, Serge A., 1908-2002
- Dates:
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1925-2002
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17 Cubic feet (39 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0936
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the professional career and business interests of inventor Serge A. Scherbatskoy, who specialized in petroleum geophysics. Papers include laboratory notebooks, license agreements, correspondence, blue line prints, patent litigation files, newspaper clippings, reference files, patents, promotional literature, and audio-visual materials.
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Smith, Lawrence V. (Lawrence Victor), 1931-2010
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1970 - 2010
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31 Cubic feet (31 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1314
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection contains the product of Smith's life's work as an industrial and transportation photographer. It consists of approximately 120,000 35mm color slides of various industrial and transportation subjects. Transportation is the larger subject area, including such topics as trucks, vehicles, transit, traffic, railroads, ships, etc. The slid...
